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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
2
A column of quirky notes and jests from Hartford to New York mocks politics, travel, science, and society. Items include a rental in Clayton New Mexico, jokes about lipton races, seasickness remedies, and remarks on Cuba Portugal and New Jersey, with wry asides on dating, weddings, and rich figures.
A man out East posted a wife search and received about 300 replies. Most respondents offered themselves for consideration, with many seeking a trial. A separate man lacking a wife among his acquaintances sought strangers’ trust.
Thomas M Raynolds named Pecos ranger. Amarillo fire destroys Carson building with $110000 loss and $55000 insured. Alderman Gillenwater fined for concealed weapon. AG Pritchard sells 1200 acres placer ground to NY firm for $20000. dredge planned. Mora county wagon fatality. Socorro Bank organized with $30000 capital. Pharmacy certificates awarded to Albuquerque women and other locals. Disappearances, fires, and accidents pepper the day, with dry farming tests planned near Las Vegas and Roswell land rush records.
The text notes that courtesies included kissing ladies on entry and that until the mid eighteenth century a visitor who omitted this gesture was deemed deficient in good breeding. It reflects etiquette norms and social expectations in historical contexts.
An English judge is quoted saying a parasol and a shade are alike while a confusing courtroom scene features a sunshade claim meant to block sun in a toilet setting. The fragment hints at a linguistic misunderstanding in a trial with witnesses offering odd interpretations.
Alamogordo correspondent reports a prospect hole at the J A Eddy soda mine at White Sands yielded a vein of hot water rich in soda. The hot soda water burned skin like lye, formed crystals, and a small living “squid” was observed. A bottle is in town windows, and chemical analysis is pending. Eddy predicts a vast soda industry at Alamogordo.
The Denver Republican reports 5000 new settlers entering New Mexico monthly, taking government land and planning to farm by the Campbell dry farming method. Eastern Colorado and eastern New Mexico share similar climates, with spring and summer rainfall. success hinges on adaptation to hotter southern latitudes and adequate precipitation. The influx aims to reclaim land, test farming methods, and build up the territory even if some efforts fail.
New Mexico sees rapid entry of settlers with 5,000 newcomers monthly. Land offices report 737 entries totaling 116,000 acres in Clayton and hundreds more in Santa Fe Roswell and Las Cruces. With $2,000,000 acres still available, the influx continues, reshaping eastern New Mexico cultivation under the Campbell method.
A fragment quotes Sugeen’s Magazine arguing that an alm should be a rich personality guiding virtue, not a fat pocket book. If alm aims at profit, the head will suffer the heart will starve and the life deteriorates.
A historical note suggests importing African and Asiatic elephants into South and Central America to establish a thriving forest population that would yield ivory in the future.
A devastating Rio Grande collision near Adobe four miles east caused extensive deaths and injuries. Trains No. 3 from Denver and No. 16 from Salt Lake collided on a down grade at 2 30 am with 159 passengers aboard No. 3 and 48 on No. 16. Rescue efforts and official investigations followed as the death toll rose to about thirty five with many bodies burned or mangled. suspicions fell on operator Lively and VanDeusen for policy breaches.
A Kepuotican spec from Durango reports heavy snowfall for 24 hours with more freezing weather to come. Efforts to clear the line through Aul-3 canon to Silverton are halted, possibly for a month, delaying eastbound trains. The Cumbres route remains closed, while Rio Grande Southern trains reach Rico and the eastbound train runs to Chama daily.
The convention of the United Ming, Workers of America voted 5,000 for the legal defense of H. Moyer and W. D. Hayw nee). Pettibone of the Westernation, under Yadletment indaho, charged with murder. The executive board is authorized to spend additional funds if more are needed.
A reader from Wharton New Jersey credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing severe kidney trouble after eight boxes. The ad notes 60 cents per box and urges purchase from all dealers. The piece also discusses a proposed dam at the foot of Lake Erie to ensure steady water, aiding Niagara Falls power plants and commerce between the upper lakes and the St Lawrence.
The excitable fire-eater accuses a rival of being a car and a blackguard, a low-down horse thief, and demands satisfaction, presenting a card and challenging the opponent to meet his terms. The tense confrontation reflects the era’s duel minded bravado and public bravura.
An old time advertisement touts a laxative product claiming to cleanse the system by purging the liver kidneys stomach and bowels. It urges readers to send for a sample and lists Garflein Test Co in Brooklyn New York as the sender.
A massive Dutch tome from 1650, maps and world descriptions by Dutch geographers, stands five feet ten inches tall and four feet eight inches wide. Bound in gilt, its title page is hand decorated with a gold initial. Presented to Charles II, it joined George II’s library and now remains a premier British Museum treasure rivaling the Rogetti stone.
The British government, aiming to aid elementary education, proposes empowering local authorities to provide meals for impoverished school children. The education minister announced intent to push the bill through Parliament this season, with labor support and Liberal victory influence noted.
An Ohio woman recalls severe health decline from coffee use leading to heart trouble indigestion and nervous fatigue. After switching to Postum Food Coffee her strength endurance and mental clarity improved within weeks and housework became enjoyable. She attributes the change solely to Postum and cites the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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